Observations on alcohol-related mental illness in the North West of England: better use of service data can help tackle health inequalities and improve commissioning

Advances in Dual Diagnosis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-134

  Tocque, Karen ^a   Currie, John ^b   Hughes, Elizabeth ^c   Brooker, Charlie ^d  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; England; Inequalities; Mental health services; Population segmentation; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172489     PISSN: 17570972     EISSN: 20428324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17570971111183017     Document Type: Article

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